Animals

AnimalsCOVID puppy fears over Vic training delays

An animal welfare charity says Victorian owners are delaying dog training, and the wait could lead to more "COVID puppies" with behavioural issues.

Callum Godde

AnimalsOpposition to NSW kangaroo cull grows

Animal rights advocates including former Test cricketer Jason Gillespie have ramped up calls for a moratorium on kangaroo culling in NSW.

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AnimalsQld Whitsundays shark bite victim 'lucky'

A man is in "good spirits" despite suffering leg wounds from a shark bite in the Whitsundays in Queensland.

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AnimalsCall to suspend kangaroo culls in NSW

Animal rights advocates are calling for a moratorium on kangaroo culling in NSW after an inquiry cast doubt on the accuracy of population estimates.

Jack Gramenz

AnimalsTrapped dog freed after 5 days in crevice

Petrified pooch Liza was trapped underground for 120 hours before being freed unharmed by a volunteer rescue group in New York State.

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AnimalsTwo-headed baby turtle thriving in US

Researchers have been buoyed by the progress of a rare two-headed diamondback turtle born at a wildlife centre in the US state of Massachusetts.

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AnimalsElk freed after 2 years of tyre round neck

A 270kg elk that has for two years been wandering a Colorado wilderness area with a tyre stuck round its neck has finally been freed.

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AnimalsRing-tailed Lemur baby boom at Dubbo zoo

Eight Ring-tailed Lemur babies have been born at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo in a triumph for the endangered species.

Tiffanie Turnbull

AnimalsDR Congo's 'selfie-pose' gorilla dies

The Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo says Ndakasi the mountain gorilla has died at age 14.

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Residents warnedMagpie Swoop Notice currently in place for WA

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA on Wednesday reminded WA residents to be on high alert during peak swooping season.

AnimalsNew laws mean lost Vic pets sent to vets

Lost cats and dogs can be handed in to vet clinics rather than councils, under new laws to be introduced to state parliament.

Liz Hobday

Too cutePerth Zoo announces birth of healthy baby giraffe

Perth Zoo is now home to not one, but two adorable baby giraffes — a first in its 123-year history.

Michael Traill

AnimalsFifty pilot whales wash up, die in Iceland

Icelandic broadcaster RUV says 50 pilot whales have washed up and died on the country's northwestern coast.

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AnimalsNew method could save shark bite victims

An Australian National University scientist and surfer has developed a simple new method to cut blood loss for shark bite victims.

Marty Silk

AnimalsDrones for NSW as govt boosts shark budget

NSW beaches will have more shark drones and listening stations in a boost to what the government says is the world's largest shark management program.

Gina Rushton

AnimalsLions, tigers in COVID recovery at US zoo

It's suspected the lions and tigers at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington caught COVID-19 from an asymptomatic zookeeper.

Julio-Cesar Chavez

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Dolphin hunting should prompt a look at our backyard

News of a mass dolphin kill in Denmark - the Scandinavian country, not our coastal town - is likely to horrify most West Australians.

Angela Pownall

AnimalsBandicoots bounce back in Australian first

In an Australian first, Victoria's eastern barred bandicoot population - a species once classed as extinct in the wild - has had its status downgraded.

Callum Godde

AnimalsTrio of meerkats born at NSW Dubbo zoo

Three Meerkat pups have been born during lockdown at Taronga Western Plains Zoo at Dubbo, NSW.

Hannah Ryan

AnimalsSnake season slithers around again

Victorians are being warned to look out for snakes as the warm spring weather has lured the reptiles out from winter hibernation.

Emily Woods

AnimalsCrocodile removed from Townsville beach

Queensland anglers may have been deliberately feeding a 3.8-metre croc, which had to be trapped and moved from a beach in Townsville.

Tracey Ferrier

AnimalsVic woman starved and abandoned pet poodle

A Melbourne woman has been banned from owning a dog for five years after her pet poodle was found emaciated in a yard without access to food, water or shelter.